Triad Arts with David Ford Violist Sheila BrowneJanuary 10, 2013Q: How is lightning like a viola player’s fingers? A: Neither one strikes the same place twice. And that’s one of the kinder gentler viola jokes out there! The fact is the instrument and those who play it have been maligned for centuries. Viola has always been the middle child in the orchestra: larger, heavier and harder to finger than its smaller sister the violin, and unable to achieve the lowest lows of its big brother the cello.
But in the hands of a great performer, the viola is a wonderful string, often vocal-sounding string instrument in its own right with lots of great music to play. University of NC School of the Arts professor of viola Sheila Browne is one such performer, and you can hear for yourself during her upcoming recital with Czech pianist David Kalhous and harpist Jacqui Bartlett. The performance is Tuesday night, January 15 at 7:30pm in the beautiful Watson Hall on the UNCSA campus. On the wide-ranging program titled “The Viola in My Life” is the Morton Feldman piece by the same name, music by Turkish composer Hasan Ucarsu, Haydn divertimenti (originally for cello), Paul Hindemith’s 1939 Sonata, and Benjamin Britten’s Lachrymae just in time for the composer’s 100th birthday.
Tickets to “The Viola in My Life” are 15 dollars for adults and 13 for students and seniors. You can hear Sheila Live in Studio A this Friday afternoon at 1:00pm during Triad Arts Weekend when she’ll shatter the many myths surrounding her instrument and repertoire.
Sheila began her conversation with David Ford by sharing her love of 20th century American composer Morton Feldman's music.
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Triad Arts Archives
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December 7, 2009: Jo Maeder (author) : When I Married My Mother
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December 4, 2009: TAW 091204
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December 3, 2009: UNCSA: Nutcracker Ballet
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December 2, 2009: NC A&T State University Dept of Visual & Performing Arts: Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
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December 1, 2009: NC Shakespeare Festival: A Christmas Carol
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November 30, 2009: Nyanya Project: The Roots and the Light
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November 27, 2009: TAW 091127
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November 26, 2009: Martha Bassett (REP)
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November 25, 2009: Elsewhere Artsist Collaborative II (REP)
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November 24, 2009: Reynolda House: Hits & Misses with Barbara Millhouse
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November 23, 2009: Piedmont Chamber Singers: We Wish You a Merry Christmas!
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November 20, 2009: TAW 091120
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November 19, 2009: UNCSA Chancellor John Mauceri
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November 18, 2009: Winston-Salem Symphony: Peace, Fate and Remembrance
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November 17, 2009: Reynolda House & WFU present Now/Then: A Journey in Collecting Contemporary Art at WFU
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November 16, 2009: Piedmont Wind Symphony
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November 13, 2009: TAW 091113
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November 12, 2009: Six Days in November
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November 11, 2009: Music for a Great Space: Jon Manasse & Jon Nakamatsu
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November 10, 2009: Greensboro Opera: La Traviata
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November 9, 2009: WFU & UNC Chapel Hill: Charanga Concerts
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November 6, 2009: TAW 091106
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November 5, 2009: 5IVE & 4ORTY: Shoe Shrine
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November 4, 2009: GSO Symphony Guild: Homes Tour 2009
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November 3, 2009: Helen Losse: Better with Friends
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November 2, 2009: Open Dream Ensemble (REP)
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October 30, 2009: TAW 091030
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October 29, 2009: Surry Arts Players: The Gin Game
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October 28, 2009: NC Dance Festival
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October 27, 2009: WFU Theatre and Dance: Sonnets for an Old Century
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